Ten Years

Famous quotes containing the words ten years, ten and/or years:

    “I feared
    The belly-cold, the grave-clout, that betrayed
    Me dithering in the drift of cordial seas;
    Ten years are time enough to be dismayed
    By mummy Christ, head crammed between his knees.”
    —Allen Tate (1899–1979)

    “A right result, at this time, will be worth more to the world, than ten times the men, and ten times the money.”
    —Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)

    “Jim Wilson: Cops have no friends. Nobody likes a cop. On either side of the law. Nobody.
    Captain Brawley: Is that what you want? People to like you? Then you’re in the wrong business and you ought to get out.
    Jim Wilson: It’s the only job I know. Has been for eleven years now.
    Captain Brawley: Then make up your mind to be a cop. Not a gangster with a badge.”
    —A.I. (Albert Isaac)